Adams Papers: Early Access | From the Papers of John Adams: Documents 1787–1826 | Documents | To John Adams from Gustavus Scott, 3 May 1797
Thomas Jefferson to John Harvie, 14 January 1760Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 25 December 1762Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 20 January 1763Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 15 July 1763Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 7 October 1763Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, [ca. October 1763]Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 19 January 1764Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 23 January 1764Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 20 March 1764Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 9 April 1764George Gilmer to John Morgan, 11 May 1766Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 25 May 1766Thomas Jefferson to Francis Willis, 23 July 1766Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 17 April 1767 [document added in digital edition]Notice of a Land Lottery, 8 April 1768Thomas Jefferson to William Preston, 18 August 1768Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Turpin, 5 February 1769Thomas Jefferson to Alexander White, 19 April 1769Resolutions for an Answer to Governor Botetourt’s Speech, 8 May 1769Virginia Nonimportation Resolutions, 17 May 1769Thomas Jefferson to John Walker, 3 September 1769Advertisement for a Runaway Slave, 7 September 1769Perkins, Buchanan & Brown to Thomas Jefferson, 2 October 1769Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 21 February 1770Thomas Nelson, Sr., to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1770Thomas Nelson, Jr., to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1770John Page to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1770George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 9 March 1770James Ogilvie to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 1770Mary Walker Lewis to Thomas Jefferson, 14 [April?] 1770 [document redated and moved to 14 April 1790]John Page, Jr., to Thomas Jefferson, April 1770Commission as Lieutenant of Albemarle, 9 June 1770Virginia Nonimportation Resolutions, 22 June 1770Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Adams, 11 July 1770Thomas Jefferson to Peyton Randolph, 23 July 1770Alexander McCaul to Thomas Jefferson, 26 August 1770Thomas Burke to Neil Jamieson, 28 August 1770Thomas Burke to Thomas Jefferson, 3 September 1770Notice of Sale of Bernard Moore’s Property, 10 January 1771Notice of Bidding for the Erection of a Prison, 31 January 1771Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Adams, 20 February 1771Thomas Jefferson to James Ogilvie, 20 February 1771Advertisement of Sale of Other Property and Effects of Bernard Moore, 21 February 1771Further Advertisement of Sale of Bernard Moore’s Property, 28 February 1771Mrs. Drummond to Thomas Jefferson, 12 March 1771Agreement with John Randolph, 11 [April?] 1771James Ogilvie to Thomas Jefferson, 26 April 1771Thomas Burke to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. April] 1771Thomas Mann Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, 10 May 1771Thomas Jefferson to Messrs. Inglis and Long, 11 May 1771Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Adams, 1 June 1771Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Burke, 30 June 1771Thomas Jefferson to ——, 30 June 1771Thomas Burke to Thomas Jefferson, 10 July 1771Robert Skipwith to Thomas Jefferson, 17 July 1771John Ogilvie to Thomas Jefferson, 19 July 1771Thomas Jefferson to Robert Skipwith, with a List of Books for a Private Library, 3 August 1771Thomas Burke to Thomas Jefferson, 19 August 1771Robert Skipwith to Thomas Jefferson, 20 September 1771Thomas Burke to Thomas Jefferson, 24 September 1771Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Burke?, 6 December 1771Bond for Marriage License, 23 December 1771Project for Making the Rivanna River Navigable, 1771Amendments to a Bill concerning the Keeping of Roads and Bridges, [April?] 1772Thomas Jefferson to Messrs. Inglis and Long, 11 June 1772Thomas Jefferson to Messrs. Inglis and Long, 4 July 1772Alexander McCaul to Thomas Jefferson, 8 July 1772Thomas Jefferson to William Wood, 17 July 1772Thomas Jefferson to William Cabell, 3 September 1772Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Inglis, 13 October 1772John Wayles to Thomas Jefferson, 20 October 1772Thomas Jefferson to Charles McPherson, 25 February 1773Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 19 May 1773Notice concerning Legal Fees, 20 May 1773Commission as Surveyor of Albemarle County, 6 June 1773Notice of Sale of Wayles Properties, 15 July 1773James Macpherson to Charles Macpherson, 7 August 1773Charles McPherson to Thomas Jefferson, 12 August 1773James Taylor to Thomas Jefferson, 20 August 1773Further Notice of Sale of Wayles Properties, 9 September 1773Thomas Jefferson to Isaac Zane, [ca. 1773–1778] [document added in digital edition]John Blair to Thomas Jefferson, 2 March 1774Notes on the Progress of Certain Bills, [9–25 May 1774]Resolution of the House of Burgesses Designating a Day of Fasting and Prayer, 24 May 1774Association of Members of the Late House of Burgesses, 27 May 1774Proceedings of a Meeting of Representatives in Williamsburg, 30 May 1774Peyton Randolph and Others to Members of the Late House of Burgesses, 31 May 1774Petition of George Mason for Warrants for Lands in Fincastle County, [June 1774]Thomas Jefferson and John Walker to the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Anne, [before 23 July 1774]Resolutions of the Freeholders of Albemarle County, [26 July 1774]Draft of a Declaration of Rights Prepared for the Virginia Convention of August 1774, [ca. 26 July 1774]Draft of Instructions to the Virginia Delegates in the Continental Congress (MS Text of A Summary View, &c.), [July 1774]Resolutions and Association of the Virginia Convention of 1774, [1–6 August 1774]Instructions by the Virginia Convention to Their Delegates in Congress, August 1774Ebenezer Hazard to Thomas Jefferson, with Jefferson’s MS Memoranda, 23 August 1774Continental Association, 20 October 1774Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Cary and Benjamin Harrison, 9 December 1774Plan of Philip Mazzei’s Agricultural Company, 1774Draft of Resolution concerning Adherence of New York to Articles of Association, [24 March 1775]Report of Committee to Prepare a Plan for a Militia, [25 March 1775]Resolution on Land Grants, [27 March 1775]George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 5 April 1775George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 6 April 1775Thomas Jefferson to Ebenezer Hazard, 30 April 1775Thomas Jefferson to William Small, 7 May 1775St. George Tucker to Thomas Jefferson, 8 June 1775Thomas Jefferson to St. George Tucker, 10 June 1775Virginia Resolutions on Lord North’s Conciliatory Proposal, 10 June 1775Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 26 June 1775Ebenezer Hazard to Thomas Jefferson, 30 June 1775Jefferson’s Annotated Copy of Franklin’s Proposed Articles of Confederation, [June–July 1775]Financial and Military Estimates for Continental Defense, [June–July 1775]Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 4 July 1775Thomas Jefferson to George Gilmer, [5 July 1775]Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms, [26 June–6 July 1775]Second Petition from Congress to the King, 8 July 1775Thomas Jefferson to the President of the Virginia Convention, 11 July 1775Resolutions of Congress on Lord North’s Conciliatory ProposalVirginia and Pennsylvania Delegates in Congress to the Inhabitants West of Laurel Hill, 25 July 1775Virginia Delegates in Congress to George Washington, 26 July 1775George Gilmer to Thomas Jefferson, [26 or 27 July 1775]St. George Tucker to Thomas Jefferson, 12 August 1775Thomas Jefferson to John Randolph, 25 August 1775Edmund Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1775John Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1775Thomas Walker and Others to Thomas Jefferson, 13 September 1775Commission as Lieutenant of Albemarle, 26 September 1775Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 10 October 1775Memoranda on the Connecticut-Pennsylvania Boundary Dispute, [17 October 1775?]Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 24 October 1775Archibald Cary to Thomas Jefferson, 31 October 1775Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 31 October 1775Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 7 November 1775Continental Congress: Agreement of Secrecy, 9 November 1775Robert Carter Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 10 November 1775John Page to Thomas Jefferson, 11 November 1775Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, 16 November 1775Charles Lynch to Thomas Jefferson, 20 November 1775Charles Lynch to the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 20 November 1775Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 21 November 1775John Page to Thomas Jefferson, 24 [November 177]5Robert Carter Nicholas to the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 25 November 1775Thomas Jefferson to John Randolph, 29 November 1775Thomas Jefferson to John Page, [ca. 10 December 1775]Robert Carter Nicholas to the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 12 December 1775Draft of Report on the Powers of a Committee of Congress to Sit during Recess, [15 December 1775]Report of Committee to Ascertain Unfinished Business before Congress, 23 December 1775Draft of a Declaration on the British Treatment of Ethan Allen, [2 January 1776]Refutation of the Argument that the Colonies were Established at the Expense of the British Nation, [after 19 January 1776]Thomas Nelson, Jr., to Thomas Jefferson, 4 February 1776James McClurg to Thomas Jefferson, 6 April 1776John Page to Thomas Jefferson, 6 April 1776John Page to Thomas Jefferson, 26 April 1776Resolutions of the Virginia Convention Calling for Independence, 15 May 1776Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Nelson, 16 May 1776Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 17 May 1776Virginia Delegates in Congress to the Virginia Convention, 18 [May] 1776Amendment to Report of Committee on Letters from Washington, Schuyler, and the Commissioners in Canada, [21 May 1776]Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, 24 May 1776Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, 1 June 1776Resolution of Independence Moved by R. H. Lee for the Virginia Delegation, 7 June 1776Notes of Proceedings in the Continental Congress, 7 June–1 August 1776The Virginia Constitution, [13–29 June 1776]William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1776Virginia Committee of Safety to the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 17 June 1776First Report of the Committee to Digest the Resolutions of the Committee of the Whole respecting Canada, &c., [17 June 1776]Additional Report of the Committee to Digest the Resolutions of the Committee of the Whole respecting Canada, [17 June 1776]Major Sherburne’s Testimony on the Affair at the Cedars, [17 June 1776]Report of the Committee on the Cedars Cartel, [17 June 1776]Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Franklin, [21 June 1776?]William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, 22 June 1776Edmund Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, 23 June 1776Thomas Jefferson to Edmund Pendleton, [ca. 30 June 1776]Thomas Jefferson to William Randolph, [ca. June] 1776Thomas Jefferson to George Wythe, [June? 1776]Proposed Resolution for Rotation of Membership in the Continental Congress, [before 2 July 1776]Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 1 July 1776The Declaration of Independence, [11 June–4 July 1776]Notes of Witnesses’ Testimony concerning the Canadian Compaign, [1–27 July 1776]John Page to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1776Thomas Jefferson to Richard Henry Lee, 8 July 1776Report of the Committee to Draw Up Rules of Procedure in Congress, [before 10 July 1776]Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 15 July 1776Virginia Delegates in Congress to the Executive of Virginia (Patrick Henry), [15 July 1776]John Page to Thomas Jefferson, 15 July 1776Edmund Pendleton to the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 15 July 1776Virginia Delegates in Congress to the Speaker of the Pennsylvania Convention, 15 July 1776Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Henry, [16 July 1776]Virginia Delegates in Congress to Fielding Lewis, 16 July 1776Richard Stockton to Thomas Jefferson, 19 July 1776John Page to Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1776Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, 21 July 1776Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, 22 July 1776Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 23 July 1776Memorandum on Testimony concerning Major Hughes, 24 July 1776William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1776George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1776Thomas Jefferson to Richard Henry Lee, 29 July 1776Resolution on the Case of General Sullivan, [29 July 1776]Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, 29 July 1776Adam Stephen to Thomas Jefferson, 29 July 1776Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 30 July 1776Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, 3 August 1776Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 5 August 1776Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 9 August 1776Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, 10 August 1776Thomas Jefferson to Edmund Pendleton, 13 August 1776Report on a Seal for the United States, with Related Papers, [20 August 1776]Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 20 August 1776Draft of Resolutions on Lord Drummond’s Peace Proposals, [22? August 1776]Robert Carter Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 24 August 1776Thomas Jefferson to Edmund Pendleton, 26 August 1776Edmund Pendleton to Thomas Jefferson, 26 August 1776Report of a Plan to Invite Foreign Officers in the British Service to Desert, 27 August 1776DuSimitière’s Design for a Coat of Arms for Virginia, [August 1776]Notes for the Report on the Value of Gold and Silver Coins, [2 September 1776]Draft Report on the Value of Gold and Silver Coins, [2 September 1776]Giovanni Fabbroni to Thomas Jefferson, 15 September 1776Francis Lightfoot Lee to Thomas Jefferson, 17 September 1776Resolution of Congress Appointing Franklin, Deane, and Jefferson as Commissioners to France, 26 September 1776Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, 27 September 1776John Hancock to Thomas Jefferson, 30 September 1776Thomas Jefferson to John Hancock, 11 October 1776Notes and Proceedings on Discontinuing the Establishment of the Church of England, [11 October–9 December 1776]Notes and Proceedings on Discontinuing the Establishment of the Church of England [Editorial Note]I. Rough Draft of Jefferson’s Resolutions for Disestablishing the Church of England and for Repealing Laws Interfering with Freedom of Worship, [before 19 November 1776]II. Draft of Bill for Exempting Dissenters from Contributing to the Support of the Church, [30 November 1776]III. Jefferson’s Outline of Argument in Support of His Resolutions, 11 October–9 December 1776IV. List of Acts of Parliament and of Virginia Assembly, 1661–1759, concerning Religion, 19 November 1776V. Notes on Acts of Parliament and of the Virginia Assembly concerning Religion, 11 October – 9 December 1776VI. Notes on Locke and Shaftesbury, 11 October–9 December 1776VII. Notes on Episcopacy, 11 October–9 December 1776VIII. Notes on Heresy, 11 October–9 December 1776IX. Miscellaneous Notes on Religion, 11 October–9 December 1776 Bill for the Naturalization of Foreigners, [14 October 1776]Bill to Enable Tenants in Fee Tail to Convey Their Lands in Fee Simple, [14 October 1776]Bill for the Revision of the Laws, [15 October 1776]Bills for Dividing Fincastle County, [15 and 26 October 1776]Additional Instructions by Congress to Franklin, Deane, and Jefferson, 16 October 1776Bill for Raising Six Additional Battalions of Infantry, [28 October 1776]George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 28 October 1776William Irvin to Thomas Jefferson, [before 1 November 1776]Petition of Dissenters in Albemarle and Amherst Counties, [before 1 November
1776]Richard Henry Lee to Thomas Jefferson, 3 November 1776Bill to Establish the Places of Holding Courts in the Counties of Pittsylvania and Henry, [4 November 1776]Memoranda on the Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland Boundaries, [5 November 1776]Bill for Altering the Rates of Copper Coin in Virginia, [7 November 1776]George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 11 November 1776Bill for the Removal of the Seat of Government of Virginia, 11 November 1776Notes concerning the Bill for the Removal of the Seat of Government of Virginia, [11 November 1776?]George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, 18 November 1776Drafts of Bills Establishing Courts of Justice, [25 November–4 December 1776]Report on the Petition of Arthur Upshur, [28 November 1776]Bill to Establish Auditors of Public Accounts, [5 December 1776]Bill for the Trial of Offenses Committed out of Virginia, [5 December 1776]Bill for Suspending Executions for Debts, [6 December 1776]Patrick Henry to Thomas Jefferson, 19 December 1776Adam Stephen to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 20] December 1776Declaration of the Virginia Association of Baptists, [25 December 1776]Memorandum concerning Military Service of Baptists, 1776Memorandum concerning British Forts in the West, 1776Militia Return as County Lieutenant, 1776 